PODCAST: Resistance is a woman — Lee Lakeman on collectivity, liberation and the feminist movement

On June 21, 2014, women and male allies gathered to honour and celebrate Lee Lakeman and her tireless work to end male violence against women. Lee has been an integral part of Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter since the late 70s. She retired from her position there in 2013 but has not retired from the movement. Lee addressed collectivity; resistance; woman-centered sex; the intersection of race supremacy, class supremacy, and male supremacy; and the past and future of the feminist movement in a talk she gave last year at her retirement celebration. The event, recorded in Vancouver, was called, “Resistance is a Woman.”

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Meghan Murphy is a freelance writer and journalist. She has been podcasting and writing about feminism since 2010 and has published work in numerous national and international publications, including New Statesman, Vice, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, I-D, Truthdig, and more. Meghan completed a Masters degree in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2012 and lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her dog.